A new office within the Department of Justiceโ€™s Antitrust Division will be tasked with monitoring corporate compliance initiatives connected with DOJ antitrust judgments, as well as evaluating whistleblower complaints regarding those judgments.

The newly created Office of Decree Enforcement and Compliance (ODEC) will also be tasked with evaluating requests for credit by companies under investigation that implement DOJ-ordered compliance directives and initiatives.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...